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Connectivity of Julia sets for Weierstrass elliptic functions on square lattices

Author: Joshua J. Clemons
Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 140 (2012), 1963-1972
MSC (2010): Primary 37F10, 54H20; Secondary 37F20
Posted: September 27, 2011
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Abstract: We show that the Julia set of a Weierstrass elliptic function on a square lattice is connected. The techniques used to prove this result are used to show a similar result for a related family of rational maps obtained from the Laurent series.

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Joshua J. Clemons
Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, Phillips Hall CB#3250, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-3250
Email: jclemons@vt.edu

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-2011-11079-7
PII: S 0002-9939(2011)11079-7
Received by editor(s): September 8, 2010
Received by editor(s) in revised form: January 24, 2011 and January 31, 2011
Posted: September 27, 2011
Additional Notes: This is part of completed Ph.D. work at the University of North Carolina under the supervision of Jane Hawkins
The author would like to thank the reviewer for the helpful suggestions that improved this paper.
Communicated by: Bryna Kra
Article copyright: © Copyright 2011 American Mathematical Society
The copyright for this article reverts to public domain after 28 years from publication.

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